There were many changes in Europe as a result of crusades. Some of the most significant were the intellectual development, commerce, and the role, wealth and power of the catholic church.
First change was the Intellectual development: learning and
trading. The crusades enjoyed traveling, they went to see great cities, marble places, superb dresses and elegant manners, they returned with finer tastes, broader ideas and wider sympathies, they opened up a new world. The knowledge of the science and learning of the east gained by the crusaders through their expeditions. They helped to awaken the revival of learning and the period of the renaissance in Western Europe.
trading. The crusades enjoyed traveling, they went to see great cities, marble places, superb dresses and elegant manners, they returned with finer tastes, broader ideas and wider sympathies, they opened up a new world. The knowledge of the science and learning of the east gained by the crusaders through their expeditions. They helped to awaken the revival of learning and the period of the renaissance in Western Europe.
Other changed included: Commerce: Trading, merchants. They spent their money on building beautiful houses and on building cities because they wanted to be remembered and famous. They created a constant demand for the transportation of men and supplies, encouraged ship-building, and extended the market for eastern wares in Europe. They built bigger, stronger, ships. So they can be able to trade items with: "Damascus, Alexandria, Mosul and even Cairo", which as result gave them the items Europe demanded such as: "Silk, Pearls, Precious stones, Perfumes, spices and Ivory". All the items went to the Italian trading posts in: "Milan, Florence, Venice, Genoa and Pisa". Then the merchants became powerful, and high class.
In my opinion, - the most important was the role, wealth and power of the catholic church:( Change rules) The crusades contributed to increase the wealth of the church and the power of the papacy. It was Christendom: kingdom of Christianity. Europe see the pope as the guide and the leader. Many of the rich joined the church after the crusades.
The Crusades have changed Europe, and the way Europeans live. The Crusades also brought knowledge and wealth to Europe. They brought big change in the political, economic, and social structures of Europe. Without these important changes caused by the crusades, Europe would have still been a part of the Dark-ages and it would have never change.
